Non – STI events
Here is a list of various events that folks have let us know about (they may not all be listed in date order).
November 2010
1. Nov. 2010
Peacemaking and Permaculture
Please join us at “Inquire Within” book store at 5:30 PM on Monday, November 1st to hear Kara Sweeney and Daniel Kirchhof share some of the insights they gained from the amazing “Peacemaking and Permaculture” course they attended in September. The evening is sponsored by our Ringing Cedars Discussion Group, Medicine Circle Eco-Retreat and Inquire Within Books. Please invite your friends. For questions call 448.1305.
19.-20. Nov. 2010
Holiday Festival of Fair Trade
Lost Horse Press and the Northwest Fair Trade Network are pleased to announce this year’s Holiday Festival of Fair Trade, a market for fair trade goods from around the world. In 2010, the Holiday Festival of Fair Trade takes place on Friday, 19 November from 10 am until 6 pm and Saturday, 20 November from 9 am until 3 pm at the Sandpoint Community Hall (102 South First Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho). The Holiday Festival of Fair Trade will feature fairly traded goods—sweaters, textiles, clothing, baskets, tea and coffee, jewelry, leather goods, books, pottery, handmade paper, toys, musical instruments, chocolate, a diversity of exotic gifts—from Mexico, Africa, Guatemala, Chile, Ghana, Thailand, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, Peru, Liberia, and Laos, as well as a selection of handmade goods by local artists and craftspeople. CONTACT: Christine Holbert
October 2010
23. Oct. 2010
Great Ready for Winter and Weatherize Your Home
Free Home Weatherization Raffle Offered by Idaho Conservation League
Winter weather is around the corner. Is your home ready? Drafty homes waste heat and cost money: heating and cooling your house adds up to about 50 percent of your home energy use. Save energy and money by participating in a Weatherization House Party and Raffle, sponsored by the Idaho Conservation League. The event includes a free raffle for a basic home weatherization package or an energy assessment from Northern Lights, Inc.
Learn about online energy audits, rebates and how easy it is to weatherize your home at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Sandpoint Library. The “primer” will be followed by a demonstration of those techniques at the home of the winner of the basic home weatherization package.
The winner will get a free blower door test from Energy Wise Consulting, which depressurizes the home to identify air leaks. ICL’s volunteer team will then use basic weatherization materials to tackle the drafts, and make other simple energy-saving improvements, too.
While the winning package does not include home insulation, now’s a great time to add insulation to your home. Generous federal and state tax incentives, plus Avista cash rebates, add up to make insulating your home very affordable this fall. A full list of energy and cash-saving incentives for homeowners is at the Idaho Conservation League’s website, www.idahoconservation.org.
The winner of the Northern Lights, Inc., home energy assessment must be a Northern Lights cooperative member and use electric heat as their primary heat source. More information at http://nli.coop.
Sign up for the free raffle by Oct. 17 at www.idahoconservation.org, or call 208.265.9565. All participants in the raffle will receive a coupon for discounts on home weatherization products at Merwins True Value Hardware. Additional sponsors include Avista, Northern Lights, Inc., and Energy Wise Consulting.
Contact: Susan Drumheller, Idaho Conservation League, 208.265.9565
September 2010
12. Sep. 2010
Celebration for Conservation
Make plans now to come to the 2nd annual Celebration for Conservation on Sunday September 12th @ 4pm to benefit your local land trust, the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy.
Enjoy a wonderful, western-style evening at the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch featuring, a delicious chicken and rib BBQ with all the fixings, horse drawn wagon rides through some of the ranch’s spectacularly beautiful 643 conserved acres, a live band, amazing auction items like waterfront vacation packages, golfing, ski tickets, gift certificates to area restaurants and businesses, artwork and many more, no-host beer and wine bar plus supervised kids’ activities so parents can relax!
Tickets are just $20 for adults, $12 for kids age 6 to 12, and free for children age 5 and under! Purchase tickets in advance (a limited number is available) online at CFPOConservancy.org by phone@ 208-290-2828 and at these area businesses: Sandpoint Sports, Eichardt’s Pub, All Seasons Garden and Floral, and the CFPO Conservancy office at 819 Highway 2, Ste. 203 (Pioneer Square).
The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy works with willing landowners to protect our scenic landscapes, wildlife and fish habitat, lakes and waterways, recreational opportunities and our working, local farms, ranches and timberlands.
The Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy, working to save the lands you love.
